| RefNo | CLP/10i/48 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Catalogue, 'A catalogue of 50 plants lately presented to the Royal Society, by the Company of Apothecaries of London, pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane' by Isaac Rand |
| Date | 1723 |
| Description | Covering letter and list of specimens by Isaac Rand. Catalogued presented by Rand and Mr [John] Meres. The Company of Apothecaries of London had established a physic garden in 1673. Sloane had granted them part of his estate and manor of Chelsea on condition that it would be kept by the Company as a physic garden. As evidence of this, the Company were asked to present 50 specimens of plants annually which had been grown there in the previous year.
Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A catalogue of fifty plants lately presented to the Royal Society, by the Company of Apothecaries of London; pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the College of Physicians, and Vice President of the Royal Society'. |
| Language | Latin |
| English |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1722.0051
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32 (1722), p 279 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/11/84 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA877 | Meres; John (- 1726) | - 1726 |
| NA1077 | Rand; Isaac (1674 - 1743) | 1674 - 1743 |
| NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |